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Table 9 Results of shifting between positive clues and negative clues (X = positive; Y = negative)

From: Extracting Chinese polarity shifting patterns from massive text corpora

Negation

X没什么Y X meishenme Y “X not Y”, X没有Y X meiyou Y “X not Y”, Y不如X Y buru X “Y worse than X”, Y不算X Y busuan X “Y not X”, Y没X Y mei X “Y not X”, X 不Y X bu Y “X not Y”, X不会Y X buhui Y “X will not Y”, X不是Y X bushi Y “X is not Y”, Y 不是X Y bushi X “Y is not X”, X 没Y X mei Y “X not Y”, 没XY mei X Y “not X Y”, Y 不够X Y bugou X “Y not X enough”, X 不能Y X buneng Y “X cannot Y”, X不够Y X bugou Y “X not Y enough”, X不用Y X buyong Y “X not Y”, X 不算Y X busuan Y “X not Y”, X 没Y X mei Y “X not Y”, Y没什么X Y meishenme X “Y not X”, Y 没X Y mei X “Y not X”, Y 不怎么X Y buzenme X “Y not very X”, 不能X Y buneng X Y “cannot X Y”, 没什么X Y meishenme X Y ”not X Y”, 不够X Y bugou X Y “not X enough Y”, 不怎么X Y buzenme X Y “not X enough Y”, 不算Y X busuan Y X “not Y X”, X不要Y X buyao Y “X not want Y”

Doubt

 

Desire

Y希望X Y xiwang X “Y hope X”, X可惜Y X kexi Y “X it is a pity Y”, Y建议X Y jianyi X “Y suggest X”, Y要是X Y yaoshi X “Y if X”

Comparison

Y其他X Y qita X “Y others X”, X唯一Y X weiyi Y “X only Y”, 以前XY y-iqian X Y “X in the past Y”, X以前Y X yiqian Y “X Y in the past”, X其他Y X qita Y “X others Y”,Y 以前X Y yiqian X “Y X in the past”, Y其它X Y qita X “Y others X”, 不如XY buru X Y “worse than X Y”, 以前YX y-iqian Y X “Y in the past X”, 之前XY zhiqian X Y “X in the past Y”, X后来Y X houlai Y “X Y in the later”, X之前Y X zhiqian Y “X Y in the past”, X平时Y X pingshi Y “X Y usually”, X本來Y X benlai Y “X Y originally”, Y 之前X Y zhiqian X “Y X in the past”, Y 别的X Y biede X “Y other than X”, 上次XY shangci X Y “last time X Y”, 平时XY pingshi X Y “usually X Y”, 平时Y X ping-shi Y X “usually Y X”, 本来XY benlai X Y “originally X Y”

Transition

X就是Y X jiushi Y “X only that Y”, X不过Y X buguo Y “X but Y”, Y不过X Y buguo X “Y but X”, X但是Y X danshi Y “X but Y”, Y还是X Y haishi X “Y still X”, Y但X Y dan X “Y but X”, Y 但是X Y danshi X “Y but X”, X虽然Y X suiran Y “X although Y”, X可是Y X keshi Y “X but Y”, X 但Y X dan Y “X but Y”, 虽然XY suiran X Y “although X Y”, X 可Y X ke Y “X but Y”, X却Y X que Y “X but Y”, Y可是X Y keshi X “Y but X”, Y虽然X Y suiran X “Y although X”, 虽然YX suiran Y X “although Y X”

Condition

X如果Y X ruguo Y “X if Y”, Y如果X Y ruguo X “Y if X”, 如果XY ruguo X Y “if X Y”

Limitation

X只是Y X zhishi Y “X only Y”, X只Y X zhi Y “X only Y”, 只是XY zhishi X Y “only X Y”, 只是YX zhishi Y X “only Y X”, 唯一YX weiyi Y X “only Y X”, X除了Y X chule Y “X except Y”, Y只X Y zhi X “Y only X”, Y唯一X Y weiyi X “Y only X”, 除了XY chule X Y “except X Y”, 除了YX chule Y X “except Y X”

Attenuator

X有点Y X youdian Y “X somewhat Y”, X稍微Y X shaowei Y “X somewhat Y”, X略Y X lue Y “X a bit Y”, 略YX lue Y X “a bit Y X”, 稍微YX shaowei Y X “a bit Y X”, X有些Y X youxie Y “X a bit Y”, X稍Y X shao Y “X a bit Y”

Uncertainty

X好像Y X haoxiang Y “X seems Y”, 看起來XY kanqilai X Y “seems X Y”

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